[HerenIstarion]

Shade of Carn Dûm
Posts: 379

Mithadan, your theory fits well in with what I was considering the possibility of dragon origin. and that explains well their longevity too, as well as such sentences as Glaurung, who was not fully prepared yet, retreated back to Angband; and so on. It seems that a maia - possible possesor of his/its (reptile's) body needed some time to gain complete control over it. And, as well as istari, despite that embodied in mortal form, died not, also the dragons were long-lived (though not immortal)